Starbase Ronin

Chain of Command

In a military context, the Chain of Command is the line of authority and responsibility along which orders are passed within a military unit and between different units. The chain of command will generally proceed from a higher-ranked soldier who gives an order, such as a commissioned officer, down to a lower-ranked soldier who either transmits or performs the order, such as a non-commissioned officer or private.

In general, military personnel give orders only to those directly below them in the chain of command and receive orders only from those directly above. For example, a soldier who has difficulty carrying out an order is likely to be disciplined for not observing the chain of command if he fails to inform the officer who is his immediate commander and directly appeals to a higher-ranked officer in his chain of command.

The concept of Chain of Command also implies that higher rank alone does not entitle a higher-ranking soldier to give commands to anyone of lower rank. For example, an officer of unit "A" does not directly command lower-ranking soldiers of unit "B", and is generally expected to approach an officer of unit "B" if he requires action by soldiers of that unit. In addition, within combat units, line officers are in the chain of command, but officers in specialist fields (such as medical, dental, legal, supply and chaplain) are not, except within their own specialty. For example, a medical officer in an infantry battalion would be responsible for the combat medics in that unit, but would not be eligible to command the battalion or any of its subordinate units.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Chain of Command for Starbase Ronin
The Command Team
Commanding Officer	Kayim Falor	Commanding officer is appointed by the admirality to command a Starfleet run Starship or Facility. Makes the final decisions and can only be fully relieved of duty by the Admirality, and temporarily only by the XO and the Chief Medical Officer on medical or mental grounds or the XO and the Chief of Security on Legal grounds.
Executive Officer	Kristiana Petrova	Executive officer is appointed into this role upon commissioning of vessel or facility.. XO is chosen for Leadership capabilities and past Experience. XOs have to take part in Command School before assuming the role. Takes role of CO in case of absence, sickness or death of CO, in this scenario 2XO would take over as XO.
Second Officer	Kathleen Black	Second Officer is appointed by the Commanding officer due to experience and leadership capabilities. Usually the most senior officer (apart from CO and XO). Takes the role of XO in case of sickness or death of CO or XO. Takes role of CO in case of absence, sickness or death of both CO and XO.
Command Chief	Open Position	Command Chief is the highest ranking Enlisted officer onboard a facility. Appointed by Commanding Officer upon commissioning of vessel or facility. Will relay orders from the Command team to the Enlisted personnell on the facility or vessel. Similar to a Chief of Boat on vessels.
Marine CO	Bayushi Kachiko	Marine Commanding Officer is the highest ranking Marine officer onboard a facility. Appointed by Marine Line Officers upon commissioning of vessel or facility. Will relay orders from the Command team to the Marine Detachment on the facility or vessel. Including Marine Fighter Detachment.
Senior Staff (Department Heads)
Chief Strategic Operations	Hannah O'Driscoll	position on CoC due to seniority*
Chief Operations Officer	Ronald Evans	position on CoC due to seniority* (equal rank and seniority as Russell D. Floyd M.D.)
Chief Medical Officer	Russell D. Floyd M.D.	As Chief Medical Officer can outrank any Officer in Starfleet on Medical grounds. Needs either XO, 2XO or second Expert Officer to relieve higher ranking officers from duties. Patients never outrank the Medical officer. position on CoC due to seniority (equal rank and seniority as Ronald Evans.)
Chief Science Officer	Airik Tierney	position on CoC due to rank. Can act as second Expert officer to relieve higher ranking officers from duty on medical grounds.
Starfighter Wing CO	Lucrentia Cellanius	Will not outrank a Lt (jg) from another department, even if said officer is not a Department Head.
Chief Tactical Officer	Dehvon Raynah	Will not outrank a Lt (jg) from another department, even if said officer is not a Department Head.
Chief of Security	Ryylar	As Chief of Security can outrank any Officer on legal grounds. Needs either XO, 2XO or second Expert Officer to relieve higher ranking officers from duties. Prisoners never outrank the Security officer. As Non-Comm officer is theoretically placed below Officers on the CoC but in reality outranks all non-department heads. As DH is also part of the Senior Staff. Due to combat time experience will in practice outrank all officers upto and including Lieutenant (junior grade).
Marine Fighter Element Leader	John McPhearson III	Marines are actually in another Chain of Command but Marine Department Heads are part of the Senior Staff. A Starfleet officer will never officially be able to outrank a Marine officer, or vice versa. (unless said officer is the part of the Command team on the Starfleet Facility)
Chief Intelligence	Open Position	position on CoC due to seniority* Can act as second Expert officer to relieve higher ranking officers from duty on legal grounds.
Chief Counsellor	Open Position	Counsellor is actually a department under the Medical department. As such a chief counsellor, unlike other DHs reports to the CMO rather than the XO. Is never outranked by patients. Can relieve a superior officer on mental health grounds.Can act as second Expert officer to relieve higher ranking officers from duty on mental health grounds
Officers
All officers will report and get orders from their respective Department Heads.
Assistant Chief Engineering Officer	Le Austin	position on CoC due to Assistant DH status** this seniority will not hold outside of the department.
Flight Control Officer	Mayik Naru (NPC)	position on CoC due to seniority* will assume Command role quicker due to presence in Main Operations and Command experience.
Operations Officer	Gothwrain Flemmington Colestol (aka Fred)	position on CoC due to seniority*
Security Officer	Nazomi Nyoko	position on CoC due to seniority*
Fighter Pilot	Aikiran Deran (NPC)	position on CoC due to seniority*
Fighter Pilot	Charlia Verla (NPC)	position on CoC due to seniority*
Non-Commissioned Officers
Enlisted Officers***
Admiral's Aide	Tricia McPhare (PNPC)	Second most senior Enlisted rate in Command Department, usually closely following the Command Chief. Admiral's Aide is the personal assistant for the Admiral and as such will be found making notes at Senior Staff meetings and also relaying orders if the Admiral is indesposed.
Scientist's Mate	Nalash (NPC)	Most senior Enlisted rate in the Science Department.
Physician's Mate	Open Position	Most senior Enlisted rate in the Medical Department.
Engineer's Mate	Open Position	Most senior Enlisted rate in the Engineering Department.
Gunner's Mate	Open Position	Most senior Enlisted rate in the Security Department.
Quartermaster	Open Position	Most senior Enlisted rate in the Operations Department.
Ambassador's Mate	Open Position	Most senior Enlisted rate in the Diplomatic Department.
Counsellor's Aide	Open Position	Most senior Enlisted rate in the Counselling Department. Although Counselling is not an actual seperate department it does act in that way in more than one way. Since it also has a Chief Counsellor and a seperate CoC (from Medical)
* =	If an officer is ranked higher on the Chain of Command because of Seniority (rather than rank) it implies that they have either attained their current rank sooner than the one below or have held a higher rank within Starfleet before.
** =	An Assistant Department Head will outrank any other 'regular' officer in the department regardless of rank, due to position held. The ADH should be seen as an Executive Officer on the department level.
*** =	The positions listed below are only the most senior Enlisted rates available on the vessel. All senior Enlisted personnel in the departments leads the department during the Graveyard shift and is third in line to take over the department. They also relay the orders from the DH to the enlisted personell and hand out the job assignments.